Gowanus team wins first prize

Our Gowanus Team including Hao-Wei Shih, Caroline Chou and Karolina Sulich get press coverage for winning first place at the yearly Tandon Research Excellence Expo!

Areas of Excellence Category

First Place - From Contamination to Remediation: Hydrogel for Heavy Metal Removal

The first-place choice hit close to home — the Gowanus Canal, which was designated as a Superfund site by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2013. The team behind “From Contamination to Remediation: Hydrogel for Heavy Metal Removal” developed a protein-based, thermal-sensitive material that when heated in a bioreactor, bonds with heavy metal pollutants in the water so that they can be removed. (Once the gel is cleaned, it can be reused.